ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER POPULATION, Total five state/territory(a)(f)(g)

All deaths

no.

2 243

2 919

2 988

Infant deaths

no.

114

98

113

Standardised death rate(c)

rate

9.9

9.9

9.8

Crude death rate(g)

rate

4.0

4.4

4.5

Infant mortality rate(e)

rate

9.5

6.2

6.2

(a) Data are for total five state/territory (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory combined), based on state or territory of usual residence. Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory are excluded due to the small numbers of registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths.(b) Deaths occurred on Norfolk Island from 1 July 2016 are included in this publication. See Explanatory Note 5 for more information. (c) Deaths per 1,000 standard population. Standardised death rates use the age distribution of total persons in the Australian population at 30 June 2001 as the standard population.

(d) Deaths per 1,000 population.

(e) Infant deaths per 1,000 live births.

(f) Rates presented for total five state/territory are based on three year averages. They are calculated for each calendar year and then averaged for the three years ending in the year in the table heading.

(g) Deaths per 1,000 estimated resident population for 2007 and population projections for 2016 and 2017.

Births data has been included to allow for the calculation of infant mortality rates in this publication.

1.2 BIRTHS REGISTERED, Indigenous status of the birth - 2017(a)

Indigenous status of the birth

State or territory of usual residence

Sex

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Non-Indigenous

Not stated

Total

NSW

Males

3 163

46 331

42

49 536

Females

2 969

44 051

35

47 055

Persons

6 132

90 382

77

96 591

Vic.

Males

887

41 071

350

42 308

Females

825

38 643

318

39 786

Persons

1 712

79 714

668

82 094

Qld

Males

3 339

28 355

26

31 720

Females

3 209

26 207

22

29 438

Persons

6 548

54 562

48

61 158

SA

Males

530

9 176

161

9 867

Females

498

8 576

131

9 205

Persons

1 028

17 752

292

19 072

WA

Males

1 418

15 967

358

17 743

Females

1 365

15 067

323

16 755

Persons

2 783

31 034

681

34 498

Tas.

Males

317

2 522

1

2 843

Females

298

2 462

7

2 767

Persons

615

4 984

11

5 610

NT

Males

719

1 261

1

1 981

Females

667

1 231

2

1 901

Persons

1 386

2 492

4

3 882

ACT

Males

107

3 056

45

3 208

Females

87

2 879

33

2 999

Persons

194

5 935

78

6 207

Aust.(b)

Males

10 481

147 753

987

159 221

Females

9 919

139 130

872

149 921

Persons

20 400

286 883

1 859

309 142

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

(a) Births data has been included to allow for the calculation of infant mortality rates. Detailed births and fertility data will be released in Births, Australia, 2017 (cat. no. 3301.0) on 11 December 2018.